Chapter Summaries

Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed two great pirates and faced Golden Lion Shiki, who attacked him with airborne ships and seawater. Yoriichi escaped the floating ocean and struck Shiki again, leaving Shiki shocked that he was not a Devil Fruit user.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed Graffit Bass with one slash, then killed Subani Koman with a ranged blade arc.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi identified himself as a Marine Headquarters Commodore and warned the surrounding pirates that they would die.
• Golden Lion Shiki hurled a cluster of airborne ships toward the shore, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi cut through them and charged at Shiki.
• A column of water struck Tsugikuni Yoriichi and swept him into the floating ocean beneath Shiki.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi burst out of the water and clashed blades with Shiki, who wondered how Yoriichi could be a non-Devil Fruit user while his wound continued to burn.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi exposed Horace Dean’s ambush and wounded him, then pressed Golden Lion Shiki into a desperate defense. Shiki trapped Yoriichi inside a giant sphere of wreckage and debris, leaving his fate unclear.

• Horace Dean attacked Yoriichi with the Transparent Fruit, but Yoriichi spotted him and struck him down.
• Yoriichi sensed Golden Lion Shiki’s hesitation and launched a rapid series of attacks that wounded Shiki.
• Shiki used his power to break apart a huge mass of shipwreck and debris, then gathered the fragments around Yoriichi.
• Golden Lion Shiki and his pirates laughed and cheered as the debris concealed Yoriichi inside a giant sphere.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi escaped Golden Lion Shiki’s floating sphere and fought back as Shiki unleashed his full power. Yoriichi struck Shiki’s neck with a Conqueror’s Haki-coated blade, leaving Shiki’s fate unclear as the chapter ended.

• Kuzan rushed toward the western coast, while Momonga ordered the Marines to hold the base, prepare to evacuate, and send Binji and Shuen to investigate.
• Yoriichi burst through the burning sphere and deflected Golden Lion Shiki’s slashes as the pirates watched in shock.
• Shiki raised four enormous earthen lions and attacked Yoriichi with their claws and a barrage of stone arrows.
• Yoriichi dodged and deflected the attacks, then vanished and appeared behind Shiki with his blade aimed at Shiki’s neck.
• Yoriichi’s Conqueror’s Haki-coated strike passed Shiki’s neck and sent a Flying Slash into the sea; Shiki felt his arm’s pain disappear and wondered why he could see the sky.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi beheaded Golden Lion Shiki and used Conqueror’s Haki to knock out many of the pirates on the shore. He fought the surviving pirates while some fled toward Migo Town, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi beheaded Golden Lion Shiki, and Shiki’s floating ships, river, and lions fell as his ability ended.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi watched Shiki’s corpse for several minutes before concluding that the legendary pirate was dead.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi released his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking many pirates unconscious as Kuzan and the others rushed toward the western shore.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed a pirate who begged for mercy, then fought the remaining pirates as some fled toward town.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi danced through the pirates’ siege with his blade and flames, cutting down enemies as the shore filled with battle and slaughter.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi defeated Golden Lion Shiki and his pirates, leaving Kuzan to secure the battlefield and report the victory to Marine Headquarters. After reading the report, Sengoku suggested promoting Yoriichi to Admiral, but Kong angrily rejected the idea because of what had happened before.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi emerged from the battle exhausted but lightly wounded, and Kuzan and the Marines discovered that he had killed Golden Lion Shiki and defeated thousands of pirates.
• Kuzan ordered the Marines to collect the pirates, search the town for escapees, and compile a list of bounties, while Tsugikuni Yoriichi warned him that some pirates had fled.
• Several pirates escaped during transport because the ICE Branch lacked enough Seastone handcuffs, so Kuzan personally took charge of escorting the prisoners.
• Kuzan sent Marine Headquarters a report detailing Tsugikuni Yoriichi's defeat of Shiki and numerous high-bounty pirates.
• Sengoku suggested promoting Tsugikuni Yoriichi to Admiral, but Kong rejected the suggestion, citing what had happened before.

Kong decided how Marine Headquarters would reward Tsugikuni Yoriichi for defeating Golden Lion Shiki and the Flying Pirate Group. He promoted Yoriichi to vice admiral and granted him limited authority, then ordered him to return to Headquarters by way of G-1.

• Kong asked Zephyr to propose a practical reward for Tsugikuni Yoriichi, since promoting him to admiral was impossible.
• Zephyr proposed making Yoriichi a vice admiral with authority to establish a branch and appoint rear admirals and lower-ranking officers, while Garp supported the proposal.
• Kong worried that Yoriichi was too young and inexperienced to handle such broad authority, but Zephyr and Garp argued that his achievements deserved a substantial reward.
• Kong ordered Yoriichi recalled, awarded him a First-Class Medal of Honor, and promoted him to vice admiral.
• Kong approved a New World Marine Branch with no more than three thousand personnel and gave Yoriichi appointment authority only over colonels and below.
• Kong ordered Sengoku to notify the ICE Branch and told Zephyr to meet Yoriichi at G-1 and bring him directly to Headquarters.

After the Marines announced Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s promotion and the Flying Pirate Group’s destruction, news of his victory spread around the world. Yoriichi finished hunting pirates in Migo Town and began his return to Headquarters, stopping at Emerald Peak Duchy, where his Marines gathered around a dice game.

• Marine Headquarters promoted Tsugikuni Yoriichi directly from commodore to vice admiral and circulated the battle report about his defeat of Golden Lion Shiki’s Flying Pirate Group.
• Kong gave Morgans the news, and newspapers spread the victory around the world; Rocca, Bellemere, Dragon, Whitebeard, and Roger reacted to it.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kuzan hunted escaped pirates in Migo Town, capturing more than twenty before the remaining fugitives disappeared.
• After Headquarters summoned him, Tsugikuni Yoriichi left G-ICE with Kyros and more than twenty Marines to return to Marineford.
• Nearly half a month into the voyage, the Marines docked at Emerald Peak Duchy to resupply, and several gathered around a dice player who had won eleven rounds in a row.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi met the blind gambler Issho, recognized his exceptional Observation Haki, and invited him to join the Marines, but Issho declined. Just after Issho left the tavern, a blazing rock crashed into the street and he faced a terrified group of men.

• Issho won eleven dice rounds in a row, and the patrons followed his bets until the banker had to pay out millions of Beli.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi played three rounds against Issho, saw him predict every result, and identified his skill as Observation Haki.
• Yoriichi invited Issho to join the Marines, but Issho refused and left most of the winnings for the patrons.
• Yoriichi offered to repay the three hundred thousand Beli he owed Issho and told him he expected to become a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral soon.
• A blazing rock crashed outside the tavern, and Yoriichi and Kyros rushed out to find a crater, a burning corpse, and Issho facing a group of frightened men.

Issho killed the men who attacked him and fought off Kyros when the Marine tried to arrest him. He told Tsugikuni Yoriichi that they had tried to kill him for blocking their path, leaving Yoriichi to consider the claim as he looked at the noble's charred body.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi saw a wealthy man's corpse beneath the meteorite and realized Issho had caused the destruction.
• Issho used his blade and gravity to make the men surrounding him fall into a bottomless pit.
• Kyros confronted Issho and attacked, but Issho overwhelmed him with gravity and blocked his sword strike.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi stopped Kyros and asked Issho what had happened.
• Issho said the men had tried to kill him because he accidentally blocked their way, and Yoriichi looked toward the charred corpse and its jeweled rings.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi invited Issho to join the Marines while Kyros investigated Issho’s killing of Viscount Wenbulai and his men. The witnesses confirmed the duchy’s account, but Yoriichi suspected they had been forced to lie.

• Kyros insisted Issho return with the Marines while he investigated the killings, and Issho agreed to go with them.
• Yoriichi invited Issho to join the Marines and learned about his past, his reasons for avoiding the Marines, and his strength.
• Yoriichi promised Issho he could follow his own will as a Marine and urged him to join.
• Kyros reported that witnesses all claimed Issho had suddenly attacked Viscount Wenbulai and his men, and that the duchy’s army was hunting him.
• Yoriichi doubted the witnesses’ account and concluded that the people of the Emerald Peak Duchy must be living under terrible conditions.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi questioned the evidence against Issho after Kyros found that the witnesses’ identical accounts and the Emerald Peak Duchy’s early investigation seemed suspicious. Issho prepared to leave rather than burden the civilians, but Yoriichi ordered Kyros to investigate the duchy’s officials and Viscount Wenbulai’s past, leaving Issho curious about the Marine commander.

• Kyros reported that all the witnesses gave nearly identical accounts and that Emerald Peak Duchy investigators had arrived before him.
• Kyros explained that Viscount Wenbulai was the Duchess’s younger brother and asked how the Marines should proceed with Issho accused of murder.
• Issho said he would not surrender because he had not lied, but accepted the accusation rather than add to the civilians’ troubles.
• Yoriichi praised Issho’s gentleness and ordered Kyros to investigate the duchy’s investigators and Wenbulai’s past, using underworld contacts for information.
• Issho said he wanted to learn what kind of person Yoriichi was, and Yoriichi invited him to stay and continue talking.

After investigating Viscount Wenbulai and clearing Issho of wrongdoing, Tsugikuni Yoriichi persuaded Issho to join the Marines. As Yoriichi and his crew left the Emerald Peak Duchy, a meteor destroyed the palace and killed the Duchess; the chapter ended with Garp and Zephyr arriving at Marine G-10 Branch.

• Kyros investigated Viscount Wenbulai, his sister, and Duke Mis, then reported that the viscount and his sister had committed serious crimes while the duke had long been stripped of power.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi declared Issho innocent of killing Viscount Wenbulai and invited him to join the Marines.
• Issho accepted Yoriichi's invitation and agreed to bear justice as a Marine.
• A meteor struck the palace after Yoriichi's warship left the island, and a rumor spread that the Duchess had died in the impact.
• Yoriichi and his group arrived at Marine G-10 Branch, where Major General Rocca welcomed them.
• Garp and Zephyr arrived at the branch aboard a dog-head warship and spotted Yoriichi's ship in the harbor.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived at Marine G-10 Branch and learned Headquarters would send someone to escort him to Marineford. Zephyr arrived with Garp, tested Yoriichi by attacking him, and Issho blocked the blow, impressing the senior Marines.

• Major General Rocca welcomed Yoriichi and praised his victory against pirates, then asked about Issho and Kyros.
• Yoriichi introduced Issho as his recently recruited right-hand man and Kyros as a captain from Dressrosa.
• Rocca told Yoriichi to rest at G-10 Branch until Headquarters sent an escort to Marineford.
• Zephyr suddenly charged at Yoriichi, but Issho stepped in and blocked his punch with his sword and Gravity Blade.
• Yoriichi recognized Zephyr as his teacher, and Garp entered and praised Issho after hearing that he had blocked Zephyr's attack.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi returned to Marine Headquarters with Garp and met Fleet Admiral Kong, who offered him the choice of establishing a New World Marine Branch or serving as a Headquarters Vice Admiral. Yoriichi chose to establish a branch at Dressrosa and asked Headquarters for sufficient support.

• Zephyr praised Issho as a suitable right-hand man for Yoriichi, and Yoriichi introduced Issho to Zephyr and Garp.
• Garp explained that Headquarters had sent him to bring Yoriichi back, and the group left G-10 aboard Garp’s Dog-head Warship.
• Issho learned from Kyros that Yoriichi had offended the World Government, which increased Issho’s admiration for him.
• Yoriichi arrived at Marineford to a crowd of curious Marines, then went with Garp to meet Fleet Admiral Kong.
• Kong offered Yoriichi a New World branch or a Headquarters Vice Admiral post, and Yoriichi chose Dressrosa as the branch’s location.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi secured approval to establish a Marine branch in Dressrosa, naming it Dawn, and received limited funding, a warship, and the Smoke-Smoke Fruit for a future subordinate. After his promotion to Vice Admiral, he departed Headquarters with Garp, Issho, and Kyros, but Garp secretly steered the ship toward a place where they could obtain better warships.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi chose Dressrosa for the new branch, and Kong approved the plan after Sengoku and Tsuru supported it.
• Kong granted Yoriichi several experienced officers, one warship, and one billion Beli, and Yoriichi named the branch Dawn.
• Yoriichi encouraged Rosinante to become a Marine officer and join him in the New World someday.
• Zephyr gave Yoriichi the Smoke-Smoke Fruit, explaining that Sakazuki had obtained it for the branch.
• Yoriichi received his Vice Admiral promotion and left Headquarters aboard Garp's Dog-head Warship with Issho and Kyros.
• Garp revealed that he was taking them to a place where they could have better warships built instead of heading directly to the New World.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Garp visited Water Seven to hire Tom to build a warship for Yoriichi’s journey into the New World. Tom suspected the Marines had come for the Pluton blueprints, and he grew more alarmed when Yoriichi’s group decided to remain on the island for three months.

• Garp explained Water Seven’s shipbuilding reputation and brought Yoriichi, Issho, and the others to Dock 1 to find Tom.
• Tom mistook Garp’s visit for an arrest over his past work for Roger, but Garp told him the Marines wanted to hire him to build a warship for 300 million Beli.
• Yoriichi listed ambitious requirements for a mobile fortress, and Tom suspected the Marines were probing him for the Pluton blueprints.
• Tom said he could complete the ship in three months, and Yoriichi agreed to wait on Water Seven while Garp arranged Marines to join his New World voyage.
• Yoriichi asked Garp to send the Marines from the ICE Branch to Kuzan, while Tom privately concluded the group planned to stay on the island to pursue Pluton’s blueprints.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the Marines left Tom to design their ship and traveled with Garp to the East Blue. Yoriichi sensed that Tom was being watched, while the group headed for Shimotsuki Village to find Dragon.

• Tom told Tsugikuni Yoriichi that the ship blueprints would be ready in half a month and asked the Marines not to disturb him.
• Garp invited Yoriichi to visit the East Blue, and Issho and Kyros chose to go with them.
• Yoriichi gave Tom a Den Den Mushi and offered to help if he ran into trouble.
• Issho sensed Tom's tension and said someone was watching the shipyard; Yoriichi suspected the World Government was surveilling Tom.
• Garp's Dog-head Warship reached the East Blue, and he took Yoriichi, Issho, and Kyros toward Shimotsuki Village, where Dragon was living in seclusion.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the Marines arrived at Shimotsuki Village, where Yoriichi recognized the owner of Isshin Dojo, Shimotsuki Koushirou. Yoriichi offered Koushirou a position teaching practical swordsmanship aboard the Dawn, and Koushirou reacted with surprise when he noticed Yoriichi's sword.

• Shimotsuki Koushirou sensed a powerful Marine ship approaching Shimotsuki Village and watched it reach shore.
• Garp led Tsugikuni Yoriichi, Issho, and Kyros into the village while he headed to visit Dragon and his wife.
• Yoriichi stopped at Isshin Dojo and told Garp he had business there.
• Shimotsuki Koushirou greeted the Marines at the dojo, and Yoriichi invited him to join the Marines as a swordsmanship instructor aboard the Dawn.
• Koushirou stared at Yoriichi's sword and abruptly narrowed his eyes.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi arranged a spar between Kyros and Shimotsuki Koushirou in exchange for letting Koushirou inspect Enma and Ama no Habakiri. After their first exchange, Yoriichi assessed Koushirou's swordsmanship and wondered whether he had mastered Haki.

• Shimotsuki Koushirou recognized Enma and Ama no Habakiri at Yoriichi's waist and asked to inspect the famed blades.
• Yoriichi said the swords had been taken as spoils of war and offered Koushirou a chance to inspect them if he sparred with Kyros.
• Koushirou accepted and guided Yoriichi, Kyros, and Issho into Isshin Dojo.
• Kyros and Koushirou began their spar with bamboo swords, and Koushirou deflected Kyros's thrust before counterattacking.
• Kyros dodged Koushirou's counter, and Yoriichi judged Koushirou's trained swordsmanship while wondering whether he had mastered Haki.

Kyros and Shimotsuki Koushirou tested their strength, then Koushirou examined Enma and was nearly drained by the Demon Blade until Tsugikuni Yoriichi took control of it. Koushirou’s father arrived, recognized Enma and Dawn as Demon Blades, and asked Yoriichi his name.

• Kyros used Soru to attack Shimotsuki Koushirou, who blocked the strike and countered with Armament Haki, knocking Kyros down despite his Tekkai.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi stopped the duel, praised Shimotsuki Koushirou, and handed him Enma and Ama no Habakiri to examine.
• Enma absorbed Shimotsuki Koushirou’s Armament Haki and weakened him until he collapsed and released the sword.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi took Enma from Shimotsuki Koushirou, and the blade became docile in his hand.
• Shimotsuki Koushirou’s father arrived, recognized Enma and Dawn as Demon Blades, and asked Tsugikuni Yoriichi his name.